Pro-inflammatory and Anti-inflammatory Interleukins in Various Diseases
This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cytokines are crucial in modulating the immune system and, as key modulators of inflammation, are produced in response to infection. Proinflammatory cytokines are positive mediators of inflammation, and anti-inflammatory cytokines are immunoregulatory molecules that control the pro-inflammatory cytokine response. Certain cytokines are involved in not only the initiation but also the progression/regression of diseases.
In this Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, we focus our attention on the latest discoveries and developments in pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory interleukins, and their relation to diseases in animals and human studies, and possible underlying mechanisms. We provide a comprehensive update on the literature accessible to scientists from the field. Thus, we wish to invite investigators from basic, immunological, pathophysiological, nutritional, and metabolism research or closely related disciplines to contribute original articles, reviews, communications, and conceptual papers.
Dr. Anna Cieślińska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cytokines
- inflammation
- interleukins
- IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-17, IL-18, IL-22, IL-37, IL-38, IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-γ, TGF-β, TNF-α, TNF-β
- allergy
- TNF-α
- chemokines
- interferon
- gut inflammation
- systemic inflammation
- infection
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Published Papers
Int. J. Mol. Sci. - ISSN 1422-0067